When many people talk about the work of a famous artist,
Often think that the more seriously you write, the more wonderful it is,
The more advanced,
For example, the calligraphy of a calligrapher in the last years of his life,
It is often considered to be the most representative work.
Not really.
At least not in Zhao Mengfu's body.
Part of Zhao Mengfu's "Eight Songs of Du Fu Qiuxing"
Zhao Mengfu is the god of technique, and when we look at his works in his twenties, they already have a great atmosphere, such as the book "Du Fu Qiuxing Eight Songs". The expressiveness of his pen has long been good enough, not only because the pursuit of technique has reached a considerable height, but also because the expression of meaning is also quite rich. For the next forty years, technical "good" never became a problem for him, and whether he could write the best and most representative works only depended on whether there was a suitable scene.
Many scholars regard the works written by Zhao Mengfu on formal occasions as representative works, such as writing official documents, inscriptions, etc., which is true in the script, and Zhao Kai is indeed a fairly rigorous font, and it is often very well written seriously. But in terms of writing, it is just the opposite, and his best works are written at random.
Zhao's life, as the emperor of the Song Dynasty, was cautious and cautious all his life, even if his eyesight and realm were exquisite, but the power of the rules was exceptionally strong in his pen, so that most of his works when he was serious would fall into a deliberate attempt to be refined. His works are often inadvertently good, such as writing letters to relatives and friends, such as the following "Ten Books of The Book".
Only in the informal state, such as writing letters to relatives such as aunts, Shi Minzhan and Gao Renqing, teachers such as Zhongfeng monks, etc., can he unload his burden, break through the shackles of that powerful rule, and walk at will, adding a touching and rich sense of beauty to his extremely exquisite techniques.